The genie could never be put back in the bottle.
"Now the question is, how do you put the genie back in the bottle?"
Once you put in the bottle, it will not slip down anymore.
It's too late to put the genie back in the bottle.
"They were trying to put the genie back in the bottle," he said of the central administration.
But you can't put the genie back in the bottle.
And I wasn't looking forward to trying to put the genie back in the bottle.
Sometimes, though, you can put the genie back in the bottle.
The genie can't be put back in the bottle, probably.
The genie will not be put back in the bottle.